Quick Look: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

The sounds of the gunshots and ricochets and the way you get money for kills reminds me of Red Dead Revolver in the best way. Now it just needs sick boss battles.

edit: and proper gunslingin'? I like this a lot.

Patrick in no more Quick Looks? Who said that?

@rpoland123: You sicken me...

A nice quicklook :) .

@patrickklepek I really enjoyed Bound in Blood too. It had a fantastic flow to it and the gun play was good. Lots of variety in the stages, and eventually getting freedom to roam around on the horse was like a different game, but it worked and was a new distraction. Riding down the waterfall in the canoe has got to be one of my most exciting moments in a game, because it felt so real. Do you share any of these interests in the game? I'd love to know what you're memories of the game was like in more detail.

Call of Juarez 1, when it first came out on PC it was definitely the best looking game at the time. When DX10 features were added, it took the realm again. The game was fresh, because it was a western, and tried hard to stay accurate. There was a lack of westerns at the time so this was great. The game had a lot of flaws though.

GOOD TECHLAND, in my opinion, did Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood and Dead Island. You guys already covered BAD TECHLAND...

Looks like something I'll pick up on PC soon.

Jeff describes a lot of things with ending the description with "...in some really smart ways." a lot too.

I'll buy it on a Steam sale.

its not most people, its just the whiny minority like you who cant shut up

I was hoping they would do a QL of this, I've been playing it for a couple days and am really enjoying it. Hope this convinces some people to pick it up, it's definitely worth the $$$.

Great Quick Look on this game. Really surprising :O Im actually gonna buy this on PC.

You guys, this game is pretty good. Buy it!

Fantastic return to form for the franchise.

Even after the success of Red Dead Redemption there are still not enough western games so its good to hear that this one sounds decent. I will probably grab this.

This game is actually super fun. I love it.

This game is honestly really, really fun. It's just a fun arcade shooter with tons of replay-ability (I'm on new game + right now on the hardest difficulty), with a fleshed out score attack mode and a pretty great storytelling hook to boot. For it's budget price you seriously can't go wrong. It does kind of freeze up occasionally on my computer, but my computer's getting there in age anyway.

Isn't that the voice of the radio DJ from Alan Wake...?

Looks very Bulletstorm.

is a cowboy game y'all!

I hear Col. Campbell!

@patrick we like your personality, but IMO when doing these videos you should play more and explain less. Best to let the game speak for itself.

Dodging bullets? How very Stranglehold of them.

This looks like the Boarderlands 2 UI

This story looks like it is right up my alley.

Man, that bullet dodge mechanic made me smile. Game looks like a barrel of good, cheap, fun.

Since Michael Biehn was Johnny Ringo in Tombstone, it would've been cool if he could've been in this as well as blood dragon.

Bastion the western FPS?

"Wielding its own yarn" is my new favorite Patrick-ism.

Nope, they do URL rewrites based on region so it's a bit iffy to link directly. <-- that link should take you there, unless it's not available in your region. (The above was actually a referal link, if you've used it to sign up, you and I both get a $2 store credit after first purchase)

The description of how the game rewrites itself to fit the narrative sounds cool. I expect the "Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep" DLC for Borderlands 2 will do the same.

Don't worry, you won't see him in a month. In fact, there is a big chance you won't see anymore Quick Looks after he leaves for Chicago, so I guess you'll enjoy yourself.

Blood hell! Jeff is clearly not interested in this game. Haha! It's quite funny, if not a little irritating.

Patrick: "This is really cool"
Jeff: "Meh"

Patrick: "That's a clever way of handling that"
Jeff: "Meh"

Patrick: "This really is a very interesting mechanic"
Jeff: "...Meh"

I've played about 3 hours of this game and it's quite good, although it often feels like a rail shooter/shooting gallery at times.

@rpoland123: It's probably because he barely writes any news articles, and when he does its just copy and pasted crap.

I like the rock and stone texture in this game; it actually looks like real formations.

So looks like when Patrick leaves we're going to get like 1 quicklook a month or something... great...

Anyways, game looks decent enough for it's price, just not interested in more shooters personally though.

@clink: Too bad statistics disagree brah

Too bad statistics disagree brah

I like how it looks. The cell-shading isn't overblown so it just adds a nice hint to it. The gameplay also seems cool. I love games that give you points for killing things in silly ways similar to bulletstorm.

I did a foolish thing and bought this game. I didn't even wait for a sale. it's just that for 15.00 bones it looked pretty good, but I didn't need it, I have Metro and Dishonored. I think Blood Dragon has made me more inclined to support a cheaper game if it looks like effort went into it. Indie games have also opened me up more to the middle or so tier.

This looks surprisingly cool.

Can I just ask.. is Patrick actually leaving or is this the same Brad is leaving joke? It's a shame... I know he has his hate-puppies but he knows his shit and he is far from the somewhat disillusioned state that some of the older GB crew members have seemingly, and after decades some what understandably found themselves in with the gaming industry as a whole.

He's living San Fransisco to move back to Chicago. He'll still be working for the site, making content, articles, ect. He might even do an east coast cast with Alex. He leaves in about a month I think. So, no, it isn't one of the dumb "Brad is leaving" memes.

So the dude in the game is basically recounting Tombstone?

Awesome.

aww man... well that sucks. Dave is gone, now patrick.... they should kidnap Danny O'Dwyer and hold him hostage.

Patrick talks about how this game "yields it's own yarn" at one point in this video. Wtf?

It is AWESOME. This is definitely going to be the sleeper hit of the year. I sat down today to play it and ended up playing it straight through in one sitting. The action and point system is so rewarding on a feedback level. Something about it coupled with the narrative/story telling is just so satisfying. As soon as I beat it I started a NG+ right after on the hardest difficulty that unlocks at the end when you beat it. It totally changes the game (no hud, no crosshairs, dual pistols are useless lol).

I could listen to Jeff doing the CoD level up sound all day.

Picked this up thanks to the QL and it's legit. Great gunplay, tone and character.